Ādīgrat climate — normals and trends
Ādīgrat (Ethiopia) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.2 °C and it receives 1,388 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is June (18.4 °C on average) and the coldest is December (14.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Ādīgrat averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 173 rainy days per year.
Ādīgrat has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.5 °C (on 12 June 2016) and the coldest 2.9 °C (on 18 December 2010).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
ĀdīgratTigray
- coords
- 14.28°, 39.46°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.2°C
Average daily high
22.2°C
Average daily low
11.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,388mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
63%
Average peak wind
10.3km/h
Seasonal range
4.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
173 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
22.3 °C
Average feels-like low
10.2 °C
Average peak gust
35.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.76 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
29.5 °C
12 June 2016
Coldest day
2.9 °C
18 December 2010
Wettest day
130 mm
28 August 1992
Windiest day
24.7 km/h
26 July 1966
Strongest gust
81.4 km/h
13 April 2016
Hottest feels-like
29.9 °C
18 April 2024
Coldest feels-like
-0.2 °C
18 December 2010
Sunniest day
12.4 h
15 May 1956
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 22.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 14 mm | -41 mm |
| Feb | 23.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 28 mm | -47 mm |
| Mar | 23.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 165 mm | +31 mm |
| Apr | 24.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 54 mm | -108 mm |
| May | 25.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 45 mm | -38 mm |
| Jun | 26.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 21 mm | -70 mm |
| Jul | 22.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 342 mm | +30 mm |
| Aug | 21.1 °C | -0.3 °C | 433 mm | +140 mm |
| Sep | 23.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 107 mm | +30 mm |
| Oct | 21.5 °C | 0.0 °C | 24 mm | -6 mm |
| Nov | 21.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 2 mm | -33 mm |
| Dec | 21.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 19 mm | -23 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ādīgrat?
Ādīgrat has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.2 °C and it receives 1,388 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ādīgrat?
The hottest day measured in Ādīgrat between 1940 and 2025 was 12 June 2016, reaching 29.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ādīgrat?
The coldest day measured in Ādīgrat between 1940 and 2025 was 18 December 2010, at 2.9 °C.
Does it snow in Ādīgrat?
Almost never: Ādīgrat sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Ādīgrat warmed?
Yes: Ādīgrat warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ādīgrat?
The wettest day measured in Ādīgrat between 1940 and 2025 was 28 August 1992, with 130 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ādīgrat?
The windiest day measured in Ādīgrat between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 1966, with winds reaching 24.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ādīgrat?
The warmest month in Ādīgrat is June (18.4 °C on average); the coldest is December (14.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Ādīgrat?
Ādīgrat receives on average 1,388 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 173 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ādīgrat?
Ādīgrat gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Ādīgrat?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Ādīgrat.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ādīgrat?
In Ādīgrat, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 29.9 °C on 18 April 2024, and the lowest was -0.2 °C on 18 December 2010.
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